The Double Automatic is a cool design. One of my trap shooting buddies had one.
How About the More “Genteel” Side of Firearms?
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I don't have any fancy shotguns. I don't shoot shotgun often, but I really enjoy it when I do. So I'm not sure why I don't do it more often. 
I'm not sure why, but I am a sucker for Browning BPSs. I just love that silky smooth action. I think they are probably the most elegant of all pumps(if pumps can be elegant). Used ones can picked up for very reasonable prices, and they are great for lefties since they are ambidextrous. My local shop has a couple used ones right now that I was eyeing. One is a 28 ga, the other is a fancy 12 with really nice wood and engraving. I don't need either, but I still want. These are the ones I have. Top two are 12 ga, bottom one is 20.
I'm not sure why, but I am a sucker for Browning BPSs. I just love that silky smooth action. I think they are probably the most elegant of all pumps(if pumps can be elegant). Used ones can picked up for very reasonable prices, and they are great for lefties since they are ambidextrous. My local shop has a couple used ones right now that I was eyeing. One is a 28 ga, the other is a fancy 12 with really nice wood and engraving. I don't need either, but I still want. These are the ones I have. Top two are 12 ga, bottom one is 20.
Well, I went back to the gun shop yesterday to about the Ultra XT. They were asking $1949 for it but that was a bit over my comfort zone. The gun is in excellent condition except for a couple of small dings in the stock that I think I could get out with a wet rag and an iron if I tried. The action is smooth and tight and the bluing and bores are excellent. I can tell that it's been shot but I don't believe very much. It looks like it's been taken care of and it's spotless inside. After talking for a bit, he told to make an offer. I told him that I would feel pretty good at $1600, we usually go back and a couple of times and he comes down a little but this time he surprised me. He told me that I'd been a good customer (I bought 6 guns from him last year) and he would take it. As I said he surprised me and I didn't have all of my ducks in a row so he took the $200 that I had in my pocket and told me to take as long as I needed. So thanks @ColtRevolver for the enabling, I mean inspiration, I probably would have let this one get away otherwise.
You absolutely stole that gun. It would bring about $2500 on GB...Congrats on a nice clay buster.
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Yes…the BPS is a sadly under rated
Shotgun. I’d agree it’s one of the classiest pump guns out there.
Only other that comes close is an Ithaca 37
Shotgun. I’d agree it’s one of the classiest pump guns out there.
Only other that comes close is an Ithaca 37
I used this Browning Citori Trap tonight at the weekly shoot. This old gun has had 25 years of heavy use and been rebuilt once. It's my regular trap shooter.
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Love that wood….
I always wanted a Remington 1100. I came close to buying one a couple of times but it just never worked out. A couple of weeks ago I stopped by my favorite gun shop and found one. I know they're a bit outdated and there's more than a million of them out there but to me it's a classic and I wanted it. It looked good on the outside and the wood was extra nice. It has a 26" skeet barrel and was made in 1973 or'74. When I got home, I started stripping it down to clean. I was surprised at what I found, at first I thought it was rust but when I wiped it with a rag, it was what looked like red grease. After got it all apart, I didn't find any carbon build up or any wear for that matter. The magazine tube and action bar looked almost new. It looks to me like someone bought it and stuck it in the closet for 50 years. Here's some pictures of it after I cleaned it up.
That's a great gun. I'd love to have a similar 1100 to shoot skeet with every now and then.
Wow, that 1100 is a beauty! Congrats
I must by weird or something. I have never seen an O/U anything that I have thought attractive. On the other hand, I think SxS anythings are the epitome of grace.
I’m no trap or clay shooter, other than the few times a year the boys throw a few clays by hand at camp, but I have always admired side by sides as well. I wonder why folks always use the over unders for trap and such. They must be better in some ways.
I have a really beat up 870 that was made in the 60s. I absolutely love it. Every time I think it needs reblued, I decide I like the worn finish. I can hit ducks, pheasants, pats, and rabbits all day. Clays……not so much. The couple times I went to a sporting clay event for charity or such, I was embarrassed by the regulars. They all had over unders and autos. One guy had a sxs, and he was dressed like an English gentleman which was cool but odd. He scored worse than me though. I don’t think he was a regular at the club.
Beautiful memories...
The A5 is the best looking semiautomatic shotgun ever made, IMO
Weird how tastes work. I love the elegant look (IMO) of over/unders, but don’t care for side by sides.
I would love to have the opportunity to shoot either. Only after could I intelligently know which I prefer.
I just noticed that I didn't drop any pictures in here after I picked up the Ultra XT. Pictures or it didn't happen.
Very nice Citori
Thank you
Sweet!
I have two, the first is a 12ga standard model I purchased at the Izmir, Turkey NATO rod and gun club back in 1972 right after I got in country, to use for wild boar( we could not have rifles) and birds. It had a plain modified choke barrel and I picked up a skeet barrel and a slug barrel (with rifle sights) while there and was surprised at accuracy with slugs. A few years ago I got a 20ga LT, the one with the smaller action frame from my sister, she and her husband had taken it in partial trade for a trailer. Someone had sawed off the stock, put a too small spacer in then added a recoil pad, looked horrible, foreend was cracked. When I got it home, I found the magazine follower had swollen and was frozen in place. so drove it out with a large wooden dowel rod. Replaced that with a stainless steel model. There was a good bit of rust. I finally found a nice stock replacement, cleaned up the metal and touched up the blueing so it looks good. I ended up getting a new barrel for it, and one for my 12 ga that use the interchangeble choke tubes so they are both a bit more versatile. During all my work, I replaced the trigger sears on both with a model that gave some adjustment and a lighter crisper trigger pull. Nice guns,
